To date the cointegrating properties and the regime-switching behavior of the term structure are two separate strands of the literature. This paper integrates these lines of research and introduces regime shifts into a cointegrated VAR model. We argue that the short run dynamics of the...

In standard static Mean-Variance approach portfolio is presented by one allocation vector optimized in terms of expected returns & variance-covariance (VcV) matrix. Such one-dimensional approach is not suitable for Fixed Income: i) portfolio cannot be described by allocation vector only, and ii)...

In this paper a state-space representation for the single-factor Cox, Ingersoll and Ross (1985) model is employed to analyse the intertemporal dynamics of the term structure for UK Gilts and Euro-denominated German Treasury bonds. Closed form solutions for the prices of discount bonds are...

Recent evidence on bond markets suggests that there are risk factors underlying changes in interest rate derivatives prices that are independent of those underlying shifts in the yield curve. The presence of unspanned factors seems puzzling because derivatives are based on the underlying...